A massive soccer star has it all but someone is plotting his downfall in Exposure, by Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet. Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
A breathtaking retelling of Othello set in South America, by Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet. Revered as a national hero … married to the desirable Desmerelda … cherished by the media … soccer star, Otello, has it all. But a sensational club transfer sparks a media frenzy, and when he is wrongly implicated in a scandal, the footballer’s life turns into a tragic spiral of destruction. South America’s top sports journalist, Paul Faustino, witnesses the power of the media in making and breaking people's lives.
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Mal Peet's first novel, Keeper, won the Branford Boase Award and the Bronze Nestle Children's Book Award; Tamar won the Carnegie Medal; and Exposure was the 2009 winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. A writer and illustrator, Mal has produced many books for children, most of them in collaboration with his wife, Elspeth Graham.
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